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Ever since the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson called for "African American" to replace "Black" for persons of African descent, the new term has become increasingly prominent nationwide...
Because the term is so broad, many so-called "Hispanics" choose to describe themselves with names that are more appropriate to their specific backgrounds. Individuals of Mexican descent, for example, call themselves "Chicanos," while those from a Latin American background often favor the term "Latino...
Geography also has a lot to do with the words that people use, says Carlos R. Perez '91. Persons of Mexican descent in Texas tend to dislike "Chicanos," but California is full of them, he explains...
Dershowitz said that at the height of the State Street controversy, Mahoney asked an unnamed Boston Globe reporter of Irish descent why he would believe "a man with a name like Silverglate instead of men with names like Bulger or Mahoney...
With the oxygen going out of the U.S. economy and Japanese collectors scared by the descent of their stock index, the fall sales at Sotheby's and Christie's are jolted by a major shake-out in the art market. Top-quality works still command good prices, but the overhyped contemporary field suffers a massacre, with many offerings going unsold. Moreover, the decline casts new doubts on the competitive tactics of the auction houses...